toad

Example Sentences

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"I can't stand them, like they make me dry retch. So if it was a cane toad, it would have scared me."

From BBC • Jan. 15, 2026

Presidents came and went while Hoover sat in FBI headquarters like an all-seeing toad.

From Salon • Oct. 19, 2025

Beneath a floating canopy of lily pads in Cedar Lake, Canada, a swarm of western toad tadpoles glided gracefully through the water.

From BBC • Oct. 8, 2024

Pratt said they’ve hoping to get a Yosemite toad crossing at Tioga Pass, similar to one already in place at Sonora Pass.

From Los Angeles Times • Aug. 23, 2024

Even if setting a trap solved the horned toad problem, Nali still wanted the fence fixed.

From "Healer of the Water Monster" by Brian Young